# vaudeville
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vaudeville.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/, /ˈvoʊd.vɪl/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈvɔː.də.vɪl/
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Noun

vaudeville (countable and uncountable, plural vaudevilles)
* (historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
** 1990 November 2, Peter B. Flint, “Jack Sterling, 75, Host on Radio For 18 Years in New York, Dies”, in The New York Times‎:Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies.
* (historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
** 2008 January 28, Ben Brantley, “Ta-ta! Give ’Em the Old Existential Soft-Shoe”, in The New York Times‎:“Me, Myself and I,” directed by Emily Mann and engagingly acted by a cast that includes the invaluable Albee veteran Brian Murray, is in the tradition of Mr. Albee’s mid- and late-career works like “The Marriage Play” and “The Play About the Baby”: fragmented philosophical vaudevilles that turn the most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes.

#### Synonyms

* music hall (British)

#### Coordinate terms

* burlesque

#### Derived terms

* vaudeville blues
* vaudevillian (noun/adjective)

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: bodabil

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vaudeville.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋoːdʋil/, [ˈʋo̞ːdʋil]
* Rhymes: -oːdʋil

### Noun

vaudeville
* vaudeville

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vaudeville (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaudevilleni
vaudevilleni
accusative
nom.
vaudevilleni
vaudevilleni
gen.
vaudevilleni
genitive
vaudevilleni
vaudevillejeni vaudevilleini $^{rare}$
partitive
vaudevilleani
vaudevillejani
inessive
vaudevillessani
vaudevilleissani
elative
vaudevillestani
vaudevilleistani
illative
vaudevilleeni
vaudevilleihini
adessive
vaudevillellani
vaudevilleillani
ablative
vaudevilleltani
vaudevilleiltani
allative
vaudevillelleni
vaudevilleilleni
essive
vaudevillenani
vaudevilleinani
translative
vaudevillekseni
vaudevilleikseni
abessive
vaudevillettani
vaudevilleittani
instructive
comitative
—vaudevilleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaudevillesi
vaudevillesi
accusative
nom.
vaudevillesi
vaudevillesi
gen.
vaudevillesi
genitive
vaudevillesi
vaudevillejesi vaudevilleisi $^{rare}$
partitive
vaudevilleasi
vaudevillejasi
inessive
vaudevillessasi
vaudevilleissasi
elative
vaudevillestasi
vaudevilleistasi
illative
vaudevilleesi
vaudevilleihisi
adessive
vaudevillellasi
vaudevilleillasi
ablative
vaudevilleltasi
vaudevilleiltasi
allative
vaudevillellesi
vaudevilleillesi
essive
vaudevillenasi
vaudevilleinasi
translative
vaudevilleksesi
vaudevilleiksesi
abessive
vaudevillettasi
vaudevilleittasi
instructive
comitative
—vaudevilleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaudevillemme
vaudevillemme
accusative
nom.
vaudevillemme
vaudevillemme
gen.
vaudevillemme
genitive
vaudevillemme
vaudevillejemme vaudevilleimme $^{rare}$
partitive
vaudevilleamme
vaudevillejamme
inessive
vaudevillessamme
vaudevilleissamme
elative
vaudevillestamme
vaudevilleistamme
illative
vaudevilleemme
vaudevilleihimme
adessive
vaudevillellamme
vaudevilleillamme
ablative
vaudevilleltamme
vaudevilleiltamme
allative
vaudevillellemme
vaudevilleillemme
essive
vaudevillenamme
vaudevilleinamme
translative
vaudevilleksemme
vaudevilleiksemme
abessive
vaudevillettamme
vaudevilleittamme
instructive
comitative
—vaudevilleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaudevillenne
vaudevillenne
accusative
nom.
vaudevillenne
vaudevillenne
gen.
vaudevillenne
genitive
vaudevillenne
vaudevillejenne vaudevilleinne $^{rare}$
partitive
vaudevilleanne
vaudevillejanne
inessive
vaudevillessanne
vaudevilleissanne
elative
vaudevillestanne
vaudevilleistanne
illative
vaudevilleenne
vaudevilleihinne
adessive
vaudevillellanne
vaudevilleillanne
ablative
vaudevilleltanne
vaudevilleiltanne
allative
vaudevillellenne
vaudevilleillenne
essive
vaudevillenanne
vaudevilleinanne
translative
vaudevilleksenne
vaudevilleiksenne
abessive
vaudevillettanne
vaudevilleittanne
instructive
comitative
—vaudevilleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaudevillensa
vaudevillensa
accusative
nom.
vaudevillensa
vaudevillensa
gen.
vaudevillensa
genitive
vaudevillensa
vaudevillejensa vaudevilleinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
vaudevilleaan vaudevilleansa
vaudevillejaan vaudevillejansa
inessive
vaudevillessaan vaudevillessansa
vaudevilleissaan vaudevilleissansa
elative
vaudevillestaan vaudevillestansa
vaudevilleistaan vaudevilleistansa
illative
vaudevilleensa
vaudevilleihinsa
adessive
vaudevillellaan vaudevillellansa
vaudevilleillaan vaudevilleillansa
ablative
vaudevilleltaan vaudevilleltansa
vaudevilleiltaan vaudevilleiltansa
allative
vaudevillelleen vaudevillellensa
vaudevilleilleen vaudevilleillensa
essive
vaudevillenaan vaudevillenansa
vaudevilleinaan vaudevilleinansa
translative
vaudevillekseen vaudevilleksensa
vaudevilleikseen vaudevilleiksensa
abessive
vaudevillettaan vaudevillettansa
vaudevilleittaan vaudevilleittansa
instructive
comitative
—vaudevilleineen vaudevilleinensa :

## French
### Etymology

Unclear. Possibly a corruption of voix de ville (“voice of the city”), or vallée de Vire (“valley of the (river) Vire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vod.vil/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

vaudeville m (plural vaudevilles)
* vaudeville
** 1858, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, L'Héritage mystérieux:À ses moments perdus, Fernand écrivait, avec ses camarades de bureau, un tiers ou un sixième de vaudeville ."In his idle moments Fernand would write a scene or two of vaudeville with his colleagues from the office."

#### Coordinate terms

* burlesque

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: վոդևիլ (vodewil)
* → Belarusian: вадэвіль (vadevilʹ)
* → Bulgarian: водевил (vodevil)
* → Catalan: vodevil
* → Danish: vaudeville
* → English: vaudeville
** → Tagalog: bodabil
* → Georgian: ვოდევილი (vodevili)
* → German: Vaudeville
* → Greek: βοντβίλ (vontvíl)
* → Hebrew: ווֹדְווִיל (vodevil)
* → Hindi: वडेविल (vaḍevil)
* → Japanese: ヴォードヴィル (vōdoviru)
* → Korean: 보더빌 (bodeobil)
* → Latvian: vodeviļa
* → Lithuanian: vodevilis
* → Macedonian: водвиль
* → Polish: wodewil
* → Portuguese: vaudeville
* → Romanian: vodevil
* → Russian: водеви́ль (vodevílʹ)
* → Serbo-Croatian: во̀двӣљ (vòdvīlj)
* → Spanish: vodevil
* → Swedish: vådevill
* → Ottoman Turkish: وودویل (vodvil)
** Turkish: vodvil
* → Ukrainian: водеві́ль (vodevílʹ)

### Further reading

* “vaudeville”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* vådevill

### Noun

vaudeville c
* vaudeville

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | vaudeville | vaudevilles |
| singular | definite | vaudevillen | vaudevillens |
| plural | indefinite | vaudeviller | vaudevillers |
| plural | definite | vaudevillerna | vaudevillernas |

### References

* vaudeville in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vaudeville in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vaudeville in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)